2—Lancaster Farming. Saturday. January'3o. 1960
Lancaster Yards
At
eavy Weights Still Slow
the 26 00 figure. A lot high
Choice and Prime 1104 lbs
brought 28 75 with Good to
low Choice at 23.75 26.25.
Cutter and Utility cows
ranged from 14.50 to 17.25,
Commercial cows up to 17.50,
while Canners and low Cut
ters made 13 25-14.50. Utility
and Commercial bulls made
20.00-23 50, Good grade led
bulls sold up to 26.00.
Good and Choice 600-800
lb stock steers cleared the
yards at 34.75-28.50, Medium
and Good made 22 00-25.50.
Medium and Good 800-1050
lb feeder steers 21.25-24.50
few lots Good up to 25.50,
several lots Choice 1000-1,-
100 lbs. commanded 24.75 -
25 50. Good and Choice stock
calves managed 26 00-31.40
with load weighing 500 lbs.
at the 31 40 figure.
CALVES Receipts will to
tal about 575 head or slight
ly less than last week Trad
ing was moderately active
Vealers sold steady. Good
and Choice vealers Tanged
from 30 00-37 00, Choice and
Prime made 38 00-42.00, with
a fed at 43 00-44 00, Standard
and low Good brought 23.-
29. and Utility sold down to
17 00.
HOGS. Receipts will total
about 1650 head or about
200 head more than last
week. Trading was moder
ately active. Barrows and
gilts sold fully steady Sows
also held steady. U. S. 1-3
grade 190-230 lb. barrows
and gilts made 14.00 - 14 75
U. S. 1-2 grade including
hogs more uniform for grade
and weight weighing 190 -
220 lbs, 15 00-16 00, a few
small lots mostly no. I’s,
same weight, brought 16 25-
16 50. 230-250 lb butchers
commanded 13.50-14 00. Sev
eral lots mixed for weight
and grade scaling 140-170
lbs brought 12.75-13.50. 300-
600 lb. sows commanded 8.-
11
James E. O'Hara,
In Charge, Market News Branch
CATTLE: Supply includes
about 35 percent slaughter
steers and about 55 percent
stackers and feeders. Trad
ing was moderately active
•except on slaughter steers
•weighing over 1200 lbs.,
these slow.
Receipts will total about
■3850 head or about 100 head
less than last week. Compar
ed with last week’s close,
slaughter steers were steady
but a few sales on weights
over 1200 lbs. were weak.
Stockers and feeders held
steady Bulk of the Choice
•cattle made 26 00-28.00 with
several lots 1300-1350 lbs. at
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CATTLE —Both local and
twelve market receipts cur
tailed- 10 per cent from the
same period last week and
excluding -holiday weeks
twelve market supply small
est since last year. Percent
ages slaughter steers and
heifers little changed from
last week with short 75 per
cent steers, fully 15 per cent
heifers.
Vealers and stockers and
feeders continned scarce.
Percentage prime in slau
ghter steer„ supply slightly
increased over last weeks 11
per cent. Average weight of
slaughter steers little chang
ed from last weeks 1178 lbs.
Slaughter steers uneven
with weight again as. much
or more a price determining
factor than grade. General
trade on slaughter
steady to 50 lower
Vealers steady to strong
Stockers and feeders slow
and weak to 50 lower. - - *
Lower carcass steer and
heifer beef prices botlv, local
ly and in the East together
with a narrow outlet for
steer carcasses over 800 lbs.
main price weakening factor.
About 20 loads prime I,*
150-1400 lb. steers 28.75 and
29 00, most prime and miked
choice and prime steers. 1350
lbs. and down 27 50-28.50.
load prime 1425 lbs. and
load mixed choice and prime
1050 lbs 28.00.
Few loads steers over 1400
lbs. unsold late in the week.
Good steers 22.00-25.50 ac
cording to weight. Utility &
standard 18 50-23.50.
Few head choice vealers
3100, standard and good
23 00-30.00.
Good and mixed good and
choice 775-1950 lb. feeding
steers 23 50-25.00, mixed me
dium and good 965-975 lb
feeders 22.35. Load 550 lb.
stock steers good with a me
dium end 26 25
BUR^'
New Holland
Light Weights Higher
The steer market was ac- Mules, pair - $26(
tivo on all kinds at New single - 140-225
Holland this week with light Ponies, geldings -
weight cattle from 1100 ibsi horses - 110-240
down, 25 to 50 higher. Oth- in g horses - 110-170, kji
er kinds were fully steady gi/ 2 to 10 J /-> cents
with cows active and steady,
bulls again very slow and
25 lower. Calves active and
steady Receipts at the Jan
uary 28 sale were 865 cattle T
and 281 calves
Choice butcher steers
$2B -29 75, good - 26.28,
plain to medium - 23 - 26,
short feds - 23-25.50
Choice butcher heifers $24
- 25, good - 2 2-24, pi. to raed. 1
- 19.50 - 22.
Good bulls - 24.5 26,' pi to
med. bulls - 22 24.5, bologna
- 21-23.75.
Good butcher cows - $16.-
50 18, med - 15.50-16 50, can
ners & cutters - 14.5015.00,
shells 13.50-14 50.
Stocker and feeder steers
s23-26 50, stock steer calves
-28-29.50.
Choice to prime butcher
calves - $4O-43 50, good 36 40
med - 33-36, thin calves -
28-33, monks - 16-26.
The January 27 dairy cat
tle sale h'ad receipts of. 117
cows, 15 stock bulls and six
stock heifers. Fresh cows in
.good demand and steady to
strong Backward cows and
common kinds were slow.
Fresh cows - Holstein -
$350-460, Guernsey - 240-350,
others - 250-350. Stock bulls
- $llO-246, stock heifers -
75-120.
The January 25 horse sale
had receipts of 231 head. All
horses sold steady.
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